Greening as a Factor of Transition to Sustainable Development in Coal-Mining Regions

• Main Authors: Kudryashova Irina, Korsakov Kirill
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2019-01-01
• Series: E3S Web of Conferences
• Online Access: https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2019/31/e3sconf_iims18_04020.pdf

The article is devoted to solving the problem of environmental pollution, which is one of the main negative factors of economic development in the coal-mining regions of the Russian Federation. The study of theoretical and practical approaches to the formation and implementation of the mechanism of greening at the level of subjects of the Russian Federation and their municipalities, the comparison of the definitions of “greening of the economy” and “greening of the regional economy”, “greening of production (enterprise)” in a multi-level context, taking into account the differentiation of the scale and instruments of environmental policy. A multi-level and multi-criteria approach to the study of the process of greening, the formation of ecological and economic mechanism of functioning of coal-mining regions, taking into account the processes of localization and globalization. It is proved that greening is the most important factor in ensuring the transition to sustainable development of coal-mining regions, and economic growth involves an inextricable combination of economic and environmental management.